Established films and documentaries with curated post-screening discussion. Specific dates and ticketing confirmed closer to launch — join the list for first access.
A curated selection of timeless cinema, director retrospectives, and community film evenings. Each screening is followed by a warm, informal post-film discussion.
Elia Kazan (dir.) · with Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh. Luminous, intense adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic.
Date TBC · July 2026Chloé Zhao (dir.) · with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. The powerful love story that inspired Shakespeare's masterpiece.
Date TBC · August 2026Céline Sciamma (dir.) · with Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Sumptuous French romantic drama of sustained gazes.
Date TBC · August 2026Sunday-afternoon documentary followed by thirty minutes of facilitated discussion. Discussion lead rotates — local journalists, academics, and subject-matter guests where the film invites it.
Mstyslav Chernov (dir.). Oscar-winning frontline documentary from the first weeks of the siege.
Sunday · Sept 2026Steve James (dir.). Five years following two Chicago teenagers chasing the NBA — the canonical American documentary.
Sunday · Oct 2026Josh Greenbaum (dir.). Will Ferrell and Harper Steele drive across America — friendship as the long-form documentary subject.
Sunday · Nov 2026Cannes and Oscar International Feature contenders that didn't reach Bath. Aimed at the international and student demographic. Programming partnership target: Bath Spa University Modern Languages.
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (dir.). Japan. Oscar Best International Feature. Three hours that earn every minute.
Friday · Sept 2026Justine Triet (dir.). France. Cannes Palme d'Or. A courtroom drama that's really about language, marriage, and being heard.
Friday · Oct 2026Manuela Martelli (dir.). Chile. Quiet, slow-burn portrait of an upper-class woman under Pinochet.
Friday · Nov 2026Programmed around the Bath Festival and the Jane Austen Festival. Local-pride angle; resident–visitor overlap.
Roger Michell (dir.) · with Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds. The understated Austen adaptation, much of it filmed in central Bath.
Jane Austen Festival tie-inSaul Dibb (dir.) · with Keira Knightley. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire — filmed across the Royal Crescent and Holburne Museum.
Bath Festival tie-inMira Nair (dir.) · with Reese Witherspoon. Thackeray's social satire — Pump Room and Royal Crescent locations.
Seasonal specialFilmed at the Royal Crescent. A one-evening "Bridgerton in Bath" event programmed for the broader local-and-visitor audience.
Seasonal specialSpecific dates, times, and per-screening tickets will be announced through the Picture House list. Friend memberships (£60/year) open at the same time — Friends get priority booking one week ahead of public release.
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